Unit 7: The Body in Motion

Learner Objectives

  1. Define position, velocity, and acceleration and explain how they are related.
  2. Calculate the drag force on objects moving through fluids.
  3.  Translate motion graphs into descriptions of motion in terms of position, velocity and acceleration. Translate descriptions of motion into motion graphs.
  4. Apply  kinematics and Newton’s First and Second Laws of Motion to analyze and predict 1-D motion.

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